CBS17.com • 31st March 2025

Pop-up shop, game night, block party and more coming to Raleigh in lead up to Dreamville Fest

The countdown is on for the fifth and final Dreamville Festival happening this week in Raleigh. To lead up the music festival, organizers have planned a week full of cultural and music events.

CBS17.com • 25th March 2025

New bill to make Petey Pablo’s ‘Raise Up’ North Carolina’s official hip-hop song

A new bill was filed in the North Carolina Senate proposing to make NC native and rapper Petey Pablo’s censored version of the song “Raise Up” the official hip-hop song for the state.

CBS17.com • 25th March 2025

Food vendors for 2025 Dreamville Festival announced, many from across the Triangle

Dreamville Festival announced that this year will include the largest food vendor variety the music festival has seen, including over 75 vendors from across North Carolina with several from the Triangle area.

CBS17.com • 17th March 2025

Artist lineup revealed for fifth and final Dreamville Festival in Raleigh

The highly popular music festival coming to Raleigh in April, Dreamville, released its official artist lineup Monday for its fifth and final year.

CBS17.com • 20th February 2025

Triangle AMC theatres to show special re-release of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ for one night only

Prince’s 1984 Oscar-winning movie “Purple Rain” is returning to the big screen for a special, digitally restored re-release exclusively at AMC Theatre locations across the nation, with two locations in the Triangle.

CBS17.com • 27th January 2025

Artists nominated for the 2025 Grammy Awards with ties to North Carolina

Among the many entertainers preparing for the award ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, there are a few nominees with close ties to North Carolina.

CBS17.com • 17th January 2025

1 person dead, 2 injured in North Hills shooting in Raleigh

A man has died in a shooting that happened at the North Hills shopping plaza Friday morning.

CBS17.com • 14th January 2025

Woman arrested in connection to Raleigh House of Art fire, police say

Eva Marie Torrellas, 59, was arrested and charged in the incident on Tuesday, according to Raleigh police.

CBS17.com • 8th October 2024

Candied Oreo cake pops, dill pickle corndogs among 2024’s new foods at the NC State Fair

Prepare to feast your eyes and your appetites because the North Carolina State Fair will introduce 72 new mouth-watering food options this year.

CBS17.com • 2nd October 2024

‘Extreme and unrelenting’: Biden attends NC hurricane briefing to survey damage, path forward

President Biden has touched down in Raleigh after meeting with South Carolina emergency response officials and getting an aerial look over western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

My Point Is • 22nd July 2024

50 years later, ‘Fulfillingness’ First Finale’ by Stevie Wonder is still a sacred journey of spiritual reflection

In the summer of 1973, 23 years old and only three days after the release of his glimmering album Innervisions, Stevie Wonder was in a coma fighting for his life.

My Point Is • 30th June 2024

Tony Washington: Motown's Openly Gay Shining Star and a Forgotten Supergroup

Long before the days of the glimmering disco sound that exploded after the Stonewall Riots, or anthems that celebrated gay identity— there was a quintet group from Washington D.C. with an openly gay lead singer at the forefront, Tony Wa

CBS17.com • 24th June 2024

Record breaking 2024 concert season expected at Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater

Red Hat Amphitheater in downtown Raleigh is on track to see a record-breaking number of concerts this year.

CBS17.com • 1st July 2024

NC Central University student crowned Miss North Carolina

A North Carolina Central University sophomore was crowned Miss North Carolina Saturday and will represent the state at the upcoming Miss America Pageant.

My Point Is • 27th May 2024

Notable Albums That Should’ve Made Apple Music’s Top 100 List

The list was curated by Apple’s team, choosing from albums with the best storytelling, significant cultural moments, innovation and more importantly—to get music lovers talking.

CBS17.com • 16th February 2024

NC native Rhiannon Giddens plays banjo on Beyoncé’s new song ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’

Giddens, a Greensboro native, said in a Facebook post on Tuesday, “I woke up yesterday morning to new music from Beyoncé, featuring none other than my banjo and viola playing throughout.”

CBS17.com • 8th February 2024

8 prominent figures with ties to NC to know for Black History Month

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson founded the first Negro History Week during the second week of February. This coincided with President Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’s birthdays as both men were seen as “symbols of freedom.”

HuffPost Voices • 28th November 2022

At HBCUs, It’s Time For The Students To Heal — But Where Do We Start?

The collective trauma of COVID-19 paired with heightened racial tension in the wake of the George Floyd protests has had a profound impact on Black students. Many counselors at Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) are noticing this effect in their students and the heavy toll that it is taking on their mental health. After a little digging, I found that not only has the need for counseling increased among Black students, but the severity of certain mental illnesses might have too.

My Point Is • 28th August 2023

Victoria Monét's Debut 'Jaguar II' is a Groovy and Sultry Testament to What We Miss in R&B

The jaguar is often described as a sleek and unique creature in the animal kingdom. Masterful, patient, and creative in their hunting style and yet fearless among most adversities.

My Point Is • 16th June 2023

Janelle Monáe Wants You to Discover Your 'Pleasure' with The Age of Pleasure

The Age of Pleasure combines an elegant cadence and blend of Afrobeats, reggaeton, funk, hip-hop and R&B that is not only groovy– but unfolds in a way that is absolutely “pleasurable” to the ear.

CBS17.com • 1st November 2023

Black-owned watch company founded by Fayetteville natives named one of Oprah’s Favorite Things 2023

A Black-owned watch company founded by two Fayetteville natives has been added to Oprah’s Favorite Things 2023 List.

My Point Is • 21st September 2023

Concert Chronicles: Durand Bernarr

Imagine surrounding yourself in shimmery soulful harmonies, with the familiarity of a Black southern cookout all wrapped in an affirming hug. It sounds insane, I’m sure but hear me out.

16th May 2022

‘This is when I see the body’

It was the evening of Sept. 21, 2016, and outraged protesters were marching the streets of Uptown Charlotte, in North Carolina, blocking major intersections and stopping traffic.

The Click • 25th May 2021

Getting Geeked for Juked

Esports enthusiast Ben Goldhaber spent 12 years trying to solve the glaring problem in the industry that he loves: There wasn’t a platform dedicated solely to the competitive content he loves.